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R. S. T. OISSEL.

DAMPER. No. 349,921. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD S. T. OISSEL, OF ELIZABETH, NEIV JERSEY.

DAMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,921, datedSeptember 28, 1886.

Application filed November 9, 1885. Serial No. 182,225.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD S. T. OIssEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDampers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in dampers such as are used inconnection with furnaces for regulating the draft of air for use inbuildings and for other similar purposes; and it consists in the novelfeature of construction hereinafter described, whereby I obtain a devicewhich is adapted to be passed through an aperture having a diametersmaller than the diameter of the united dam-per, and to be mounted inthe desired structure, as hereinafter more particularly described, andset forth in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the damper divided. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig.3 is an edge view.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The letter D designates the damper, and b b the two semicircular halves,having lap-joints d at their diameters, and which are secured togetherby bolts. Each half of the damper is strengthened by a radial rib, 3,cast with it at a right angle with its straight edge.

On the bottom of one of the halves of the damper is a teat, h, forengagement with a socket on the interior of the globe portion of aradiator, forming the lower axis of the damper, and on the opposite edgeof the other half of the damper is formed a shaft, 13, which passesthrough a hole in the globe of the r adiator, and which forms the upperaxis of th e damper. This shaft may be provided with a (No model.)

key or thumb-piece to facilitate the turning of the damper. It is alsoprovided with a bead or flange, n, to make a tight joint with theopening in the radiator.

This invention I intend for general use; but it is more particularlyadapted for use in connection with my improved radiator for which I haveapplied for Letters Patent. As the globe of that radiator is cast in onepiece, and its diameter is greater than that of the pipeholes, I makethe damper D in two sections and secure them together after passing themthrough the pipe-hole into the globe, thereby providing a damper adaptedto be passed through an aperture having a diameter less than thediameter of the damper when the parts are united.

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A damper consisting of two semicircular parts secured together bylap'joints and bolts, one of said parts being provided with a teat toform its lower axis, and the other part provided with a shaft to formits upper axis, sub stantially as herein described.

2. A damper, D, made in two semicircular parts having radial arms 8,secured together by lap-joints and bolts, one of said parts beingprovided with a teat to form its lower axis, and the other part providedwith a shaft to form its upper axis, substantially as herein described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 7th day of November, A. D. 1885.

RICHARD S. T. CISSEL.

\Vitnesses:

J AS. S. EWBANK, FRANCIS O. BOWEN.

